‘Line Between Life and Death’: Cousins Used Trapping Skills, Body Spray to Survive

‘Line Between Life and Death’: Cousins Used Trapping Skills, Body Spray to Survive
A February 2022 handout photo shows Julian Herman as he dries out his gear and Ron Hyggen preparing to saw wood after their snowmobiles got stuck in slushy snow on Triveet Lake. The Canadian Press/HO-Thomas Barnett
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Thomas Barnett looked to the dark sky and prayed. He prayed for wood and to stay awake despite signs of hypothermia creeping through his body.

He prayed to see the morning sun and feel its heat. He prayed for a snowmobile or helicopter to rescue him and his two cousins stranded on a northern Saskatchewan lake.